which prompted
Andrew Carnegie to start his Heroes Commission Award and with in the cemetery lay some of the Miners Killed that awful day.
You drive in what looks like the entrance to the plant and go all the way back to the cemetery which is boarded on two sides by the plant a small creek and the river.
You would never suspect it even sits all the way back there
The property also included at one time the Old St Marks Lutheran Church which is long gone.
As you first approach the cemetery you will notice a plot with a pipe around it this is where the miners who perished in the Harwick disaster are buried.
Nick, the last time I visited my GGrandparent Magyar's grave, the fence was not there. My Great Grandparents, GAunts and G.Uncle are also buried here. A trip with my GMother in 1960 prompted the upkeep of the cemetery. She was heartbroken at what we found on that trip. Everything was overgrown and her Mother and Father's headstones were broken beyond repair. My Dad cleared the overgrown brush and Grandma ordered the stone that was still standing at my last visit about 20 yrs ago. I took my young daughter to see her GGGrandparent's
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February 19, 2022 at 9:09 PM
Also, there was no sign at the road stating it was St. Mark's Cemetery. That and the upkeep of the cemetery is greatly appreciated by my family and me, as we are in Michigan.
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